A short Sinhala story built around Andare, the figure remembered in Sri Lankan folklore as a jester attached to the royal court in an earlier age. Stories of Andare work by wit: the humour carries a satirical edge, and the laugh usually comes at someone's expense.
This title, Badagini Baba, belongs to the Andarege Andara line published by M. D. Gunasena & Co., a long-established Colombo house. It is a slim book rather than a full collection.
The text is entirely in Sinhala. There is no English translation within it, so a reader will need Sinhala to follow the story — worth knowing before ordering from abroad.
Of interest to Sinhala-reading families, to parents introducing children to the Andare tradition, and to readers overseas who grew up with these stories and want them on the shelf at home. Buyers studying Sinhala folk humour may also find it useful as a plain, accessible example of the form.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552120381
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